Lady Shani Names Rhea Ripley As Dream AAA-WWE Dream Match

Lady Shani, one of Lucha Libre AAA’s most decorated women’s stars, says a showdown with Rhea Ripley is high on her wish list as AAA continues to settle into life under WWE ownership.

Speaking with Denise Salcedo of Instinct Culture, Shani reflected on the changes AAA has gone through since WWE purchased the promotion in 2025. A two-time AAA Reina de Reinas Champion, Shani has spent more than a decade as a fixture of the women’s division in Mexico’s premier lucha libre promotion, and she’s watched the company evolve as it becomes part of WWE’s broader global footprint.

Ripley, the hard-hitting Judgment Day star and former WWE Women’s World Champion, has become one of the most requested dream opponents across the wrestling world thanks to her aggressive, high-impact style — a style that lines up naturally with the kind of hard-nosed, high-flying lucha AAA’s women’s division is known for. A meeting between the two would blend WWE’s biggest stage with AAA’s signature lucha libre flair, exactly the kind of crossover WWE has been building toward since acquiring the company.

Since the purchase, WWE has steadily increased its involvement in AAA’s programming and talent exchanges, with AAA stars appearing on WWE programming and vice versa becoming more common. Triplemanía, AAA’s marquee annual event, has also taken on more significance within WWE’s calendar, and cross-brand matches have become a real storytelling tool rather than a novelty. Shani being open — even eager — to work with a top WWE star like Ripley reflects how normalized that pipeline has become for AAA’s roster.

For a company that has long been a cornerstone of Mexican pro wrestling, the WWE purchase brought both opportunity and uncertainty. Wrestlers like Shani, who built their careers and reputations within AAA’s own traditions, now find themselves with access to a much larger audience and potential opponents they might never have crossed paths with otherwise. A dream match against a star of Ripley’s caliber would be a significant showcase not just for Shani individually, but for AAA’s entire women’s division on a global stage.

Whether WWE has any specific plans to make that pairing happen remains to be seen, but Shani’s comments make clear she’d welcome the opportunity. As WWE continues to fold AAA more tightly into its overall product, matches that once felt like pure fantasy — a AAA icon squaring off with a top WWE Superstar — increasingly look like a matter of when, not if.

For now, fans will have to wait and see if AAA’s ongoing integration with WWE eventually puts Lady Shani and Rhea Ripley in the same ring.